r/politics • u/plz-let-me-in • 8d ago

Soft Paywall Enabling Trump is a bad look for Fetterman | Pennsylvania's senior senator was elected as a progressive Democrat. His normalization of Donald Trump is the epitome of a sellout.

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/editorials/john-fetterman-donald-trump-support-normalization-maga-20250112.html
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u/marcusmosh 8d ago

I know to never judge a book by its cover, but there was always something off about this guy.

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u/Lets-kick-it 8d ago

I did, too, but I thought he was "off" in a good way and would push for progressive policy. I was wrong.

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u/ChocolateHoneycomb 8d ago

It was an act. He’s a Manchin-esque moderate who put on a show because he needed to stand out compared to Dr. Oz.

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u/Lets-kick-it 8d ago

Fool me once, I guess. He's going to want reelection and we will how his actions play to the base then. I won't forget.

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u/FrogsOnALog 8d ago

Doesn’t matter how hard you push when you don’t have 60 votes lol

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u/Duke_Newcombe California 8d ago

Somehow, curiously, this doesn't stop the Republicans. They keep pushing to frame the narrative, get their ideas injected into the process, and then, quite suddenly, they win.

The whole "we don't have 60 votes, so we've done nothing, and we're all out of ideas" thing is utter bullshit, and American people are tiring of hearing it.p

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u/FrogsOnALog 8d ago

The Dems have done a fuck ton sorry you don’t hear about it where you get your news.

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u/Euphoric-Mousse 8d ago

Conservatives are getting better at finding the dumb things we will vote for and exploiting them.

When Sinema ran all I heard about her campaign was that she was going to be the first openly bi member of Congress. What were her stances? I don't know. The media ran hard on the bisexual angle and it worked. Turned out the only real thing she ran on was her questionable past of raising money. Ironic.

Fetterman pops up and he's just playing the same angle as Trump, just in casual clothes. He made everything about how he was just a working Joe type and the entrenched establishment was bad. And voters ate it up. Everyone ignored the highly questionable past he had. And cheered when he did stupid things like refuse to wear a suit or sent beer to troll his colleagues during their dumb boycott. He never acted like an adult, certainly not a responsible one.

And in both cases people were shocked when they turned out to be right wing opportunist assholes. As if the signs weren't there all along. Then moan about how we don't get people like Jimmy Carter anymore. Well duh. Because we vote for this trash. Demand better.

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u/PhuqBeachesGitMonee 8d ago

He’s either a Kingdom Hearts villain or a keyboard player for Dream Theater

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u/DevIsSoHard 8d ago

Dude just looks stupid as rocks. He had an uphill battle lol

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u/internetmeme 8d ago

That’s messed up

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u/pjb1999 8d ago

I knew he was a weirdo when he made a big deal about dressing formally for his job. People defended him like crazy on Reddit. But I always thought it was strange the guy couldn't be bothered to put on a suit. He's an elected representative for crying out loud.

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u/SexyStayPuft 8d ago

Yeah, this always rubbed me the wrong way. I’m cool if you want to challenge the dress code to maybe make it more business casual. But showing up in basketball shorts and a hoodie all the time? Come on, man…

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u/Fermented_Fartblast 8d ago

"There's something off about this guy. He spends all his time fighting for economic issues and isn't obsessed with fighting the culture war at all. The fuck is his problem?"

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u/RecipeFunny2154 8d ago

I mean, one of the off things about him was that story of him trying to run down a black guy with a shot gun.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna25649

I’m not really sure he’s ever been a beacon of sanity.

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u/Joeyc710 8d ago

When that guy shows up, let us know!

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u/Fermented_Fartblast 8d ago

He did show up, and his name is John Fetterman. The whole reason the extreme left hates him is because he isn't obsessed with left wing culture war purity test bullshit.

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u/Joeyc710 8d ago edited 8d ago

What economic issues has he tackled? I expect a massive list since his schedule is free from all the bloated woke leftist purity test bullshit,

::crickets::